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 Phantom Lady (Stormy Knight) Promotional interior art for Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters #4 (Oct. 2006), by Daniel Acuña |
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| Publisher | Originally Quality Comics Latter Fox Feature Syndicate, among others. Daniel Acuña is a Spanish Comic book artist. Biography In college, Acuña studied in Painting and graduated Quality Comics was an American comic book Publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call Fox Feature Syndicate (also known as Fox Comics and Fox Publications) was a Comic book Publisher from early in the period known to fans and historians Current DC Comics |
| First appearance | (Sandra) Police Comics #1 (August 1941) (Dee) Action Comics Weekly #636 (January, 1989) (Stormy) Crisis Aftermath: The Battle for Blüdhaven #1 |
| Created by | (Sandra) The Eisner & Iger studio Arthur Peddy (penciler) (Dee) Len Strazewski (writer) Chuck Austen (penciller) (Stormy) Justin Gray (writer) Jimmy Palmiotti (writer) |
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| Alter ego | - Sandra Knight - Delilah "Dee" Tyler - Stormy Knight |
| Team affiliations | (Sandra) All-Star Squadron (Stormy) S.H.A.D.E. (All) Freedom Fighters |
Phantom Lady is a fictional superheroine, one of the first female superhero characters to debut in the 1940s Golden Age of Comic Books. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company In Comic books and other stories with a long history first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Fictional character. Police Comics was a Comic book Anthology title published by Quality Comics (under its Imprint "Comic Magazines" from 1941 Action Comics is an American Comic book series which introduced Superman, the first major Superhero character as the term Eisner & Iger was a prominent Comic book " packager " that produced comics on demand for Publishers entering the new medium during its late-1930s Chuck Austen (born Chuck Beckum) is an American Writer and Artist of Comic books most famous for his controversial work on the popular James "Jimmy" Palmiotti is an Italian American writer of various Comic books games and film The All-Star Squadron is a DC Comics fictional Superhero team that debuted in Justice League of America #193 (August 1981 The following is a list of fictional government agencies that have appeared in the mythical universes of various Comic books A B Freedom Fighters is the name of a DC Comics Comic book Superhero team made up of characters acquired from the defunct company Quality Comics. A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do The Golden Age of Comic Books was a period in the history of American comic books generally thought as lasting from the 1930s until late 1940s during which Comic books Originally published by Quality Comics, the character was subsequently published by a series of now-defunct comic book companies, and is currently owned by DC Comics. Quality Comics was an American comic book Publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company
As published by Fox Feature Syndicate in the late 1940s, the busty and scantily-clad Phantom Lady is a notable and controversial example of "good girl art," a style of comic art depicting voluptuous female characters in provocative situations and pin-up poses that contributed to widespread criticism of the medium's effect on children. Fox Feature Syndicate (also known as Fox Comics and Fox Publications) was a Comic book Publisher from early in the period known to fans and historians The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be Good girl art ( GGA) is found in drawings or paintings which feature a strong emphasis on attractive women no matter what the subject or situation A pin-up girl or pin-up model is a model whose mass-produced pictures see wide appeal as Pop culture. Phantom Lady was created by the Eisner & Iger studio, one of the first to produce comics on demand for publishers. Eisner & Iger was a prominent Comic book " packager " that produced comics on demand for Publishers entering the new medium during its late-1930s The character's early adventures were drawn by Arthur Peddy.
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Character Origin and Early Publication History
Quality Comics
Phantom Lady first appeared in Quality's Police Comics #1 (Aug, 1941), an anthology title the first issue of which also included the debut of characters such as Plastic Man and the Human Bomb. Quality Comics was an American comic book Publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call Police Comics was a Comic book Anthology title published by Quality Comics (under its Imprint "Comic Magazines" from 1941 Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Plastic Man ( Patrick "Eel" O'Brian) is a fictional Comic-book Superhero originally published by Quality Comics and later The Human Bomb is a Fictional Superhero published by DC Comics. That issue established her alter ego as Sandra Knight, the beautiful Washington, D.C. debutante daughter of U.S. Senator Henry Knight. An alter ego ( Latin, "the other I" is a second self, a second Personality or Persona within a Person Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives One night, Sandra happened across two would-be assassins targeting her father, and stealthily thwarted them with nothing more than a rolled-up newspaper. Knight consequently developed a taste for adventure and crime-fighting, and after finding a "black light ray projector" that a family friend named Professor Davis sent to her father, she adopted the device as a weapon that could blind her enemies, or turn herself invisible if she aimed it at herself.
She assumed the identity of Phantom Lady in a costume consisting of a green cape and the equivalent of a one-piece yellow swimsuit. A swimsuit, bathing suit or swimming costume is an item of Clothing designed to be worn for Swimming. Stories published decades later by DC Comics after it acquired the character would alter details of this origin by giving her a more active and aggressive role in her own empowerment, explaining her skimpy costume as a deliberate tactic to distract her usually male foes. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company
Phantom Lady ran as one of the features in Police Comics through #23. Arthur Peddy continued as the artist through #13, with Joe Kubert drawing her feature in Police Comics #14-17; Frank Borth on #18-21; Arthur Peddy returned for #22,; and Rudy Palais on #23. Joe Kubert (born September 18, 1926) is a Jewish - American Comic book Artist who went on to found the Joe Kubert School Phantom Lady also appeared in Feature Comics #69-71 as part of a crossover with Spider Widow and the Raven. Feature Comics was a Comic book anthology title published in the United States by Quality Comics from 1939 until 1950 that featured short stories in the A fictional crossover is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete Fictional characters, settings or universes into the context of a single Spider Widow is a fictional Superhero character that was published by Quality Comics during the Golden Age of Comic Books.
Fox Feature Syndicate & Star Publications
After Quality stopped publishing the adventures of Phantom Lady, what was now simply Iger Studios believed it owned the character and assigned it to Fox Feature Syndicate, a move that would later cause confusion as to who actually owned the character's copyright. An assignment (Latin cessio) is a term used with similar meanings in the Law of Contracts and in the law of Real estate. Fox Feature Syndicate (also known as Fox Comics and Fox Publications) was a Comic book Publisher from early in the period known to fans and historians Copyright is a legal concept enacted by Governments, giving the creator of an original work of authorship Exclusive rights to control its distribution usually for The Fox version which premiered in Phantom Lady #13 (taking over the numbering of Wotalife Comics) [1] is better known to contemporary comic fans than the Quality version because of the "good girl art" of Matt Baker. Good girl art ( GGA) is found in drawings or paintings which feature a strong emphasis on attractive women no matter what the subject or situation Clarence Matthew Baker (b 10 December 1921, d 11 August 1959) is an American Comic book artist best known for the Baker altered her costume by changing the colors to red and blue, substantially revealing her cleavage, and adding a very short skirt. Fox published Phantom Lady only through issue 26 (Apr, 1949), though the character guest starred in All-Top Comics #8-17, also with art by Baker. Her rogue's gallery in these two Fox titles included the Avenging Skulls; the Fire Fiend; the Killer Clown; Kurtz, the Robbing Robot; the Subway Slayer; and Vulture.
Baker's cover for Phantom Lady #17 (Apr, 1949) was reproduced in Seduction of the Innocent, the 1954 book by Dr. Clarence Matthew Baker (b 10 December 1921, d 11 August 1959) is an American Comic book artist best known for the Seduction of the Innocent is a book by Dr Frederic Wertham, published in 1954, that warned that Comic books were a bad form of popular Literature Fredric Wertham denouncing what he saw as the morally corrupting effect of comics on children. Fredric Wertham ( March 20, 1895 November 18, 1981) was a German-American Psychiatrist and crusading author who protested The cover, which illustrated Phantom Lady attempting to escape from ropes, was presented by Wertham with a caption that read, "Sexual stimulation by combining 'headlights' with the sadist's dream of tying up a woman. In the context of BDSM, bondage involves people being tied up or otherwise restrained for pleasure "[2] In the meantime, Fox went under and its assets were acquired by other publishers, and a Phantom Lady story from All-Top was then reprinted as a backup feature in Jungle Thrills by Star Publications, which then itself went out of business.
Ajax-Farrel Publications
Ajax-Farrell Publications then published four issues of the second Phantom Lady title, cover dated Dec. Cover date refers to the date displayed on the covers of Periodical publications such as Magazines and Comic books However this is not necessarily the true 1954/Jan. 1955 through June 1955. The company also published her as a backup feature in two issues of Wonder Boy.
By then, Wertham's efforts had led to a Congressional investigation into the comics industry, and publishers formed the self-censoring Comics Code Authority in the fall of 1954. The Comics Code Authority ( CCA) is part of the Comics Magazine Association of America (CMAA and was created to regulate the content of comic books in the United Some changes were consequently made to the Phantom Lady's costume, so that her cleavage was covered and shorts replaced her skirt.
Charlton Comics & I. W. Publications
Farrell's assets were later acquired by Charlton Comics, and, until DC relaunched the character in the 1970s, Phantom Lady's only appearances were in reprinted Matt Baker stories in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Charlton Comics was an American Comic book publishing company that existed from 1946 to 1986 having begun under a different name in 1944 Israel Waldman's I. W. Publications (later Super Comics), a company that published unauthorized reprints from 1958-1964, included Phantom Lady reprints in issues of Great Action Comics and Daring Adventures. Skywald Publications is a 1970s Publisher of black-and-white comics Magazines, primarily the horror anthologies Nightmare, Psycho, IW Publications was a short lived Comic book publisher in the late 1950s and early 1960s These comics featured new cover images of Phantom Lady that bore little visual consistency either to the Fox version of the character or each other (e. g. , the character was blonde on one cover, brunette with a brown costume on another).
DC Comics
Sandra Knight
In 1956, DC Comics obtained the rights to the Quality Comics characters, which they believed included Phantom Lady, and reintroduced her 17 years later with a group of other former Quality heroes as the Freedom Fighters in Justice League of America #107 (Oct. This article is about the DC Comics character For the Marvel character see Cat-Man (Marvel Comics. Uncle Sam is a Fictional character, a DC Comics Superhero based on National personification of the United States, Uncle Freedom Fighters is the name of a DC Comics Comic book Superhero team made up of characters acquired from the defunct company Quality Comics. The Justice League sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short is a Fictional DC Comics superhero team. 1973).
As was done with many characters DC acquired from other publishers, or that were holdovers from Golden Age titles, the Freedom Fighters were relocated to a parallel world. The DC Multiverse is a Fictional continuity construct that exists in stories published by Comic book company DC Comics. Their particular earth was referred to as "Earth-X". The DC Multiverse is a Fictional continuity construct that is used in DC Comics publications On Earth-X, Nazi Germany had won World War II. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The team was later featured in its own series for 15 issues (1976-1978), in which they temporarily left Earth-X for "Earth-1" (where most DC titles are set) and Phantom Lady was given real phantom-like powers. The DC Multiverse is a Fictional continuity construct that exists in stories published by Comic book company DC Comics.
In 1981, Phantom Lady became a recurring guest star of All-Star Squadron, a superhero-team title set on "Earth-2", the locale for DC's World War II-era superheroes, and at a time prior to when she and the other Freedom Fighters were supposed to have left for Earth-X. The All-Star Squadron is a DC Comics fictional Superhero team that debuted in Justice League of America #193 (August 1981 The DC Multiverse is a Fictional continuity construct that exists in stories published by Comic book company DC Comics. Phantom Lady then appeared with the rest of DC's superheroes in Crisis on Infinite Earths, a story that was intended to eliminate the confusing histories that DC had attached to its characters by retroactively merging the various parallel worlds into one. Crisis on Infinite Earths is a twelve-issue American comic book Limited series (identified as a "12-part maxi-series" and crossover This left Phantom Lady's Earth-X days written out of her history, and the Freedom Fighters became a mere splinter group of the All-Star Squadron.
DC also retconned the origin of Phantom Lady established in Quality's Police Comics, so that she now belonged to the prestigious Knight family of Opal City, a locale central to DC's Starman line of heroes. Retroactive continuity is the deliberate changing of previously established facts in a work of serial fiction Opal City is a Fictional city set in the DC Universe. Created by James Robinson and Tony Harris, Opal City first appeared in Starman Starman is a name used by several different fictional DC Comics Superheroes most prominently Ted Knight and his son Jack. Her formative story was changed so that she overtook her father's would-be assassins with her fists instead of a newspaper. Lastly, she was given a more active role in the acquisition of her black light ray, which she no longer received from a mere family friend but instead from a scientist named Dr. Abraham Davis, who had escaped from Nazi-controlled Europe. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German In the retelling, Sandra Knight gave asylum to Davis, setting him up in a laboratory and helping him to complete his invention. Ted Knight, now established as her cousin, also aided Davis, as a result acquiring the technology that allowed him to become the first Starman. Starman ( Ted Knight) is a fictional Comic book Superhero in the DC Comics universe, and a member of the Justice Society
The 1994 title Damage established the post-World War II history for Phantom Lady. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Damage is a DC Comics Superhero who first appeared in a Comic book of the same name during the Zero Hour crisis. She was made an agent of a Cold War-era government intelligence agency called Argent, in which she met and married fellow former-All Star Squadron member Iron Munro (a character introduced in the 1986 series Young All-Stars). Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the An intelligence agency is a governmental agency that is devoted to the Information gathering (known in the context as " intelligence " Iron Munro is a Fictional Superhero, who first appeared in Shadow Comics #1 (June 1940 published by Street & Smith. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) The Young All-Stars are a team of fictional DC Comics Superheroes They were created by Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas and Michael Bair introduced The two were paired on several missions and fought a Soviet-backed agent named The Baron, actually the German Baron Blitzkrieg, a foe both had met during World War II. Baron Blitzkrieg is a Fictional Supervillain in the DC Comics universe originally residing on Earth-Two. Shortly after becoming pregnant, Sandra was kidnapped by The Baron who stole the fetus from her womb and left her for dead. A fetus (or foetus or fœtus) is a developing Mammal or other Viviparous Vertebrate, after the Embryonic stage and After escaping from Communist Poland, Sandra wanted out of the spy game and turned to an old friend, Roy Lincoln. The Human Bomb is a Fictional Superhero published by DC Comics. He helped her, and soon thereafter she started the Universite Notre Dame Des Ombres (the University of Our Lady of the Shadows) in the hopes of making further intelligence contacts and finding her baby; unfortunately, she was not successful. Phantom Lady's presence in the U. S. and her work with American Intelligence was kept a secret to most; she never reunited with her husband, and in her old age became headmistress of the school she began, now a training center for female spies in Washington, D. C.
In Manhunter #23 (June, 2006), Phantom Lady met the current Manhunter, Kate Spencer, and it was revealed that she was Spencer's grandmother. Manhunter is a fictional character a superheroine in publications from DC Comics. Phantom Lady and Iron Munro were revealed to have had a child before their marriage whom they gave up for adoption—Walter Pratt, Spencer's father. The Golden Age Atom, Al Pratt, had allowed Phantom Lady to use his contact information so that she could get into a home for unwed mothers, causing the belief that the child was Pratt's son. Al Pratt is a character in the DC Comics Universe, the original hero to fight crime as the Atom.
Dee Tyler
A second Phantom Lady, Delilah "Dee" Tyler, was introduced in Action Comics Weekly #636 (January, 1989) and was given a back-up feature in that title through #641 with art by Chuck Austen. Action Comics is an American Comic book series which introduced Superman, the first major Superhero character as the term Chuck Austen (born Chuck Beckum) is an American Writer and Artist of Comic books most famous for his controversial work on the popular Tyler was trained by the original, the now-elderly Sandra Knight, and given Knight's costume and equipment.
It was heavily implied in that series that she was not alone in being thus trained and equipped. Dee also learned many of her skills at the exclusive Université Notre Dame des Ombres (Our Lady of the Shadows). In DC Comics Université Notre Dame des Ombres (Our Lady of the Shadows University is a special university in France which was attended by the Crimson Her primary abilities were an extensive knowledge of the martial art called Savate, also known as French kickboxing, a wrist-mounted blaster, and a holographic projector that could be used to cast powerful illusions. Savate (pronounced savat also known as boxe française, French boxing, French Kickboxing or French Footfighting
This successor Phantom Lady never received a series of her own, but was a periodic guest star in other titles, including the 1988 Starman, Flash, and most frequently in the 1994 Starman title. Wally West is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero in the DC Comics Universe, the first Kid Flash and the She joined a new version of the Freedom Fighters in the 1999 JSA series. The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a DC Comics Superhero group the first team of superheroes in Comic book history
The character was graphically killed (along with at least two other Freedom Fighters) in Infinite Crisis #1 (Dec, 2005), in a battle against the Society. Infinite Crisis is a seven-issue Limited series of Comic books written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George The Secret Society of Super Villains ( SSoSV) is a group of Comic book Supervillains that exist in the DC Universe. The group was ambushed while investigating the meeting place of other supervillains. Tyler was wounded by the Cheetah and then fatally impaled by Deathstroke. The Cheetah is a Fictional character, a Supervillainess appearing in DC Comics publications and related media Deathstroke the Terminator ( Slade Wilson) also called simply Slade (to the people who know him Deathstroke (and originally simply the Terminator Her body was hung on the Washington Monument along with the Human Bomb and Black Condor. The Human Bomb is a Fictional Superhero published by DC Comics. For the Jetman character see Choujin Sentai Jetman. Black Condor is the name of three Fictional characters, DC Comics
Stormy Knight
A new Phantom Lady was introduced in Crisis Aftermath: The Battle for Blüdhaven, and is now one of the metahumans guarding Blüdhaven. Blüdhaven is a Fictional city in the. Created by Chuck Dixon and Scott McDaniel in 1996 it was originally intended to serve as a backdrop for the She appears in the limited series Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters. Her name is Stormy Knight and, like the original character, her father is a U. S. Senator, though no connection to the other Knight characters has been established.
She seems to know Father Time and has hinted that they've met before with him in a different guise, referring to his look as "this year's look is Colonel Sanders, Time?" She acts like a spoiled movie star and treats her other teammates like the popular girl in high school would treat the geeks (especially the Human Bomb and Major Force), but shows some hint of respect for the new Doll Man, hinting that they worked together for some time. Father Time is a Fictional character, a Supervillain in publications from DC Comics. The Human Bomb is a Fictional Superhero published by DC Comics. Major Force is a Fictional character in the DC Comics universe. Doll Man is a fictional Superhero from the Golden Age of Comics, originally published by Quality Comics and currently part of the DC Comics Her wristbands not only project light but can bend reality.
She does not maintain a secret identity. In Brave New World, a radio program names her as Stormy Knight. One Year Later was a 2006 event running through the DC Universe. Like other members of the Blüdhaven team, this incarnation of Phantom Lady is a cold-blooded killer, although there are indications in issue #1 of Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters, as she finds herself defending her actions, that she may be disturbed by what she is ordered to do. Also in issue #1, her father is depicted in a more sympathetic light as a man who might disband the Blüdhaven team if elected. He is murdered on orders of Father Time and replaced by a doppelganger. A doppelgänger ( or fetch is the ghostly double of a living person a sinister form of Bilocation. It was believed that Senator Knight wanted to run America as a dictatorship enforced by a metahuman army shown through visions created by Uncle Sam, but it appears that the real person who wants America this way is the individual running S.H.A.D.E. This figure, a cyborg named Gonzo the Mechanical Bastard, is impersonating Senator Knight. Metahuman is a term to describe Superhumans in DC Comics ' Shared universe, the DC Universe. The following is a list of fictional government agencies that have appeared in the mythical universes of various Comic books A B A cyborg is a Cybernetic Organism ( ie, an organism that has both artificial and natural systems Gonzo the Mechanical Bastard is a Fictional character, a Robot Supervillain in the DC Universe.
In the second issue of Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters, Stormy becomes a Freedom Fighter. Freedom Fighters is the name of a DC Comics Comic book Superhero team made up of characters acquired from the defunct company Quality Comics. She reveals that she has a degree in quantum physics and pretends to be a spoiled idiot so she won't end up like other socialites. Her wrists bands appear to be able to transport Stormy and others from the third dimension to the fourth dimension.
In the second Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters series (Sep 2007), Stormy, still in shock over her father's death, begins to take drugs and drink heavily. After she drunkenly cuts a superpowered troublemaker in half on live television, Black Condor takes her to the extradimensional Heartland, where Uncle Sam tells her she won't leave until her habit has been kicked. For the Jetman character see Choujin Sentai Jetman. Black Condor is the name of three Fictional characters, DC Comics Stormy later slits her wrists, but is found in time by Doll Man. Miss America removes all the toxins from her systems, allowing her to recuperate better. Miss America is a fictional Comic book Superheroine from the DC Comics universe.
By the end of the miniseries, Stormy decides to forego her superhero career to pursue an acting vocation.
Alternate versions
The Blue Bulleteer
In the 1970s, Bill Black's Paragon Publications (now AC Comics) began publishing its own revival of Phantom Lady in titles such as Fem Fantastique, on the belief that the character had lapsed into the public domain. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. AC Comics is a Comic book publishing company started by Bill Black. Black's Phantom Lady was an even more undressed version of the Matt Baker character, and a mask and ordinary handgun were also added. When DC threatened legal action, AC changed their version to "Nightveil", a supernaturally-themed character who was later made a member of Femforce, the first all-female superhero team; the Bill Black version of the Phantom Lady was retained as Nightveil's original superhero identity, under the name "Blue Bulleteer. Nightveil is a Fictional character, a Superheroine who appears in the Femforce comic book published by AC Comics. Femforce is a Comic book published by AC Comics that began publication in 1985 detailing the adventures of the titular team the "Federal " AC Comics, as well as other minor publishers such as Verotik, have nonetheless published reprints of the original Quality and Fox stories. Many believe these early stories to have lapsed into the public domain because the original owners failed to renew the copyright before it expired (as was required under pre-1976 U.S. copyright law). The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone History and purpose Before the 1976 Act the last major revision to statutory copyright law in the United States occurred in 1909
Kingdom Come
A new Phantom Lady is shown in the Elseworlds comic Kingdom Come, who is described in the series' endnotes as a literal phantom (ghost) of the original version. Elseworlds is the publication Imprint for a group of Comic books produced by DC Comics that take place outside the company's canon Series co-creator Alex Ross used famed pin-up model Bettie Page as his model for this version of Phantom Lady. Nelson Alexander "Alex" Ross (born January 22, 1970) is an American Comic book painter, Illustrator and Bettie Mae Page (born Betty Mae Page April 22 1923 in Nashville Tennessee) is a former American model who became famous in the 1950s for
Shadow Lady
Shadow Lady is a character seen in Big Bang Comics, all of whose characters are parodies of DC Comics. Big Bang Comics first appeared in 1994 with five issue mini-series (numbered 0&ndash4 published by Caliber Comics. Like Sandra Knight, Veronica Prescott is a wealthy debutante, whose father invented the "Shadow Ray Projector". Shadow Lady is not Veronica, however, but is actually a duplicate created by the projector. She has the power to become solid or intangible at will, and has her own Shadow Ray Projector she can use to blind villains. The character's costume, and the art style, are strongly based on Phantom Lady.
52
In the final issue of 52, a new Multiverse is revealed, originally consisting of 52 identical realities. Among the parallel realities shown is one designated "Earth-10". As a result of Mister Mind "eating" aspects of this reality, it takes on visual aspects similar to the pre-Crisis Earth-X, including the Quality characters. Mister Mind is a Fictional Comic book Supervillain created for Fawcett Comics, and now owned and published by DC Comics. The names of the characters and the team are not mentioned in the panel in which they appear, but a character visually similar to the Sandra Knight Phantom Lady appears. [3]
Based on comments by Grant Morrison, this alternate universe is not the pre-Crisis Earth-X. Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist [4]
Footnotes
- ^ As new periodical titles were subject to an expensive registration fee by the postal service to receive a second class mail permit, Golden Age comic book publishers frequently continued the numbering of old titles on new ones, hence Phantom Lady "continuing" from the completely unrelated Wotalife.
- ^ Wertham, Fredric. Seduction of the Innocent. Rinehart and Company, Inc. , 1954. Picture insert
- ^ 52 #52 (May 2, 2007) DC Comics (12/1)
- ^ Brady, Matt (2007-05-08). DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen "THE 52 EXIT INTERVIEWS: GRANT MORRISON". Newsarama. Retrieved on 2007-05-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre.
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